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Detroit Land Bank Authority — Tax-Foreclosed Property Disposition & Blight Programs (MI)

Tracked preemption from the Michigan overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
2008-07-15
Sunset
—
Authority
local
Scope
city:Detroit
Other Michigan preemptions
Michigan Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act — 2018 PA 57Detroit Transit-Oriented Corridor — People Mover + QLINEMichigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA) — Local Opt-Out & Establishment SitingMichigan Zoning Enabling Act (MZEA) — Unified Zoning AuthorityMichigan MCL 125.3207 — Moratoria Duration & Renewal LimitsMichigan Renaissance Zone Act — 1996 PA 376Michigan Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act — 1996 PA 381Michigan Inland Lakes and Streams Act — NREPA Part 301

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.is_detroit == True
  • parcel.is_detroit_land_bank_parcel == True

Preempted fields

4 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typeaddDLBA_disposition_agreement_and_compliance_periodDetroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA), formed 2008 under the Land Bank Fast Track Act (2003 PA 258, MCL 124.751 et seq.) plus an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Detroit, owns ~100,000 parcels — the city's largest landowner. Conveyances via Auction, Own It Now, Rehabbed & Ready, and Side Lot programs are governed by deed compliance covenants requiring rehabilitation / occupancy within 6–12 months, defeasance for non-performance, and clawback to DLBA.
base_districts[*].allowed_usesaddside_lot_consolidation_to_adjacent_residentialSide Lot Program: $100 sale of a DLBA-owned vacant residential parcel to an adjacent owner-occupant for consolidation with the host lot. Conveyed parcel must merge with the host for assessment/zoning purposes — separate redevelopment of the merged parcel triggers ordinary Detroit zoning review.
demolitionaddDLBA_nuisance_abatement_demolition_programDLBA operates large-scale residential demolition under nuisance abatement authority (City of Detroit ordinances plus Land Bank Fast Track Act §§124.754, 124.759). Federal funding sources have included the Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) demolition allocation.
tax_statusaddland_bank_property_tax_exemption_during_DLBA_ownershipLand Bank Fast Track Act §124.754(6) — real and personal property held by an authority is exempt from all taxation while held by the authority.

Citation

Authority source
Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Act, 2003 PA 258 — MCL 124.751 et seq.; Detroit Land Bank Authority Intergovernmental Agreement (2008, amended 2014); Detroit City Code Ch. 14 (Buildings & Building Regulations) and Ch. 9 (Buildings & Building Regulations / nuisance abatement)
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Act-258-of-2003

Research notes

Land Bank Fast Track Act is a statewide enabling statute; the DLBA is by far the largest active land bank under it. Operationally captured as a city:Detroit-scope overlay because the policy effect is concentrated in Detroit's residential corpus. Other active land banks under the same statute include the Genesee County Land Bank (Flint), Wayne County Land Bank, Kent County Land Bank, and the statewide Michigan Land Bank Authority. Deed compliance period is the principal feasibility risk for adaptive-reuse projects on DLBA-conveyed parcels.